Music

  • Lovell Sisters on the Opry

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    This has been quite a summer for The Lovell Sisters, a group of young bluegrass siblings from Georgia. Their latest CD, Time To Grow, was released on their own label, 2 DefPig Records, and they had an eventful tour season. This Saturday

  • Jerry Butler & The Blu-Js

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    Jerry Butler has announced that he will be leaving Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road to focus on a solo career. The guitarist and lead singer, who also did a lengthy stint with Pine Mountain Railroad, has formed a new group,

  • Buster Sexton to Patent Pending

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    Patent Pending has announced that Buster Sexton has joined the band on banjo, a change necessitated by the sudden passing of founding member Jim Steptoe on August 30. Buster has worked with a number of popular bluegrass groups in Virginia, including

  • Checking in with Chris Pandolfi

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    I had a chance to speak with Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters today, and he caught me up on a couple of projects he is working on going into the Fall. The band is heading into the studio next

  • Jim Van Cleve fiddle DVD

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    Everyone seemed to get a kick out of the fake trailer for Jim Van Cleve's AcuTab fiddle DVD which we ran last week. Jim said that he heard from people all over the country who had gotten a chuckle from

  • Claire Lynch – Whatcha Gonna Do

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    The new CD from Claire Lynch hit today (9/15) from Rounder Records. Never one to shy away from her southern roots, the album is titled Whatcha Gonna Do, taken from the name of one of the tracks. Her voice, both speaking

  • Two new a cappella Gospel CDs

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    One now, another in October... First up, the latest album from The Isaacs, Naturally: An Almost a Cappella Collection, is out on Spring House. It contains 16 new tracks from the reigning family in bluegrass Gospel music. Six of the songs

  • Free fiddle lessons from Childsplay

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    We posted back in July about the fabulous new CD, Waiting For The Dawn. It is a project of Childsplay, a non-profit organization that has sprung from the annual meetings that violin maker Bob Childs has been hosting this past

  • Corey Hensley to Quicksilver

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    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver has a new member. Corey Hensley has come aboard singing tenor and playing guitar. Corey is a native West Virginian who has played and sung bluegrass and Gospel music since he was a young boy. He spent

  • G2 heading our way

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    G2, our favorite young Swedish bluegrass outfit, will also be heading west to the US later this month. They will perform at the Bluegrass Legends Concert Series in Chicago on 9/26, and then on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour